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SRI’s PARC Forum
by SRI
SRI’s PARC Forum brings together some of the world’s most interesting people for conversations at the intersection of business, technology, and society. We explore how research and technology can make our world safer, healthier, and more sustainable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Daphne Koller and Stephan Mergenthaler on the future of science discoveries using AI
SRI CEO David Parekh and insitro CEO and co-founder Daphne Koller sat down with Stephan Mergenthaler, CTO of the World Economic Forum, to talk about a shift already underway: AI as an accelerator for scientific discovery. The conversation moved from the present to what’s next. Parekh and Koller...
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A panel of experts on cyber resilience in space
Space and cybersecurity experts point out that old security assumptions no longer hold as satellite networks grow in quantity and complexity. This PARC Forum was moderated by Ulf Lindqvist, Sr. Technical Director in SRI’s Computer Science Lab, and featured a panel of experts: Greg Falco (Cornell...
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Nobel laureate John M. Martinis on the quantum frontier
John M. Martinis, 2025 Nobel laureate for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit, joined Celia Merzbarcher, executive director for the SRI-managed Quantum Economic Development Consortium, in this exciting PARC Forum to talk about...
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Christopher Mims on How to AI
In this episode, The Wall Street Journal tech columnist Christopher Mims and SRI Education’s Susan Patrick discuss how AI can strengthen human agency. Drawing from his new book How to AI, Mims shares how experts are leveraging AI to improve productivity, share knowledge, and strengthen workflows....
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A panel of experts on the future of defense technologies
How is venture-backed innovation changing the nature of military technology development? What sectors are bridging the gap between cutting-edge innovation and military capabilities? And how are emerging technologies reshaping the future of warfare and global security? John Markoff, Pulitzer...
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Tino Cuéllar and Mitchell Baker on the future of trust
How can society make the most of AI’s potential? In this PARC Forum sponsored by Schmidt Sciences, KQED’s Rachael Myrow moderated a conversation between two leading voices on AI governance: Mozilla cofounder Mitchell Baker and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace president…
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A panel of experts on the future of education in the age of AI
How can educators balance rapid AI innovation with effective, rigorous, evidence-based strategies? In this PARC Forum, Afua Bruce (founder and principal of the ANB Advisory Group and author of The Tech That Comes Next) moderates an eye-opening conversation about AI in education featuring Kumar…
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Karen Hao on developing AI in the service of people
Award-winning journalist Karen Hao joined Karen Myers (vice president and director of SRI's Artificial Intelligence Center) and Christiana McFarland (director of SRI’s Center for Innovation, Strategy, and Policy) for an engaging conversation about the impacts of AI around the world. To learn…
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Eric Schmidt on AI, hope, and the human spirit
What will the world look like as AI continues to accelerate? In this PARC Forum conversation, technologist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Eric Schmidt joined SRI CEO David Parekh to discuss our long-term future with AI. To learn about future PARC Forums, visit SRI.com. Recorded March 2025. For...
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Astro Teller on the future of innovation
At FutureFest 2025, Pulitzer Prize-winning technology journalist John Markoff moderated a conversation with Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at X (formerly Google X), and David Parekh, CEO of SRI. Together, they explored how today’s groundbreaking innovations are solving some of humanity’s...
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Julie Packard and Fiorenza Micheli on saving our living ocean
SRI, in collaboration with Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability, hosted the Monterey Bay Aquarium to discuss ocean conservation. Julie Packard from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Stanford’s Fiorenza Micheli, and SRI’s Julie Bert discuss issues in ocean sustainability with KQED’s Rosa Tuirán.…
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Parmy Olson on AI boom’s impact on society
In this PARC Forum our keynote speaker, Parmy Olson, a Bloomberg technology columnist and the author of Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World, discusses AI's transformative impact on society. She was joined by Patrick Lincoln, president of SRI's Information and Computing...
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Bob Metcalfe and Vint Cerf on networked computing’s evolution
SRI celebrated the creation and development of three world-changing innovations and the innovators behind them, with keynote speakers Bob Metcalfe and Vint Cerf. SRI was presented with three IEEE milestones for the laser printer, the Alto personal computer, and Ethernet – transformative...
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David Leonhardt on the American Dream
David Leonhardt is a senior writer for The New York Times, where he writes The Morning, its flagship daily newsletter. He is the author of Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream (Random House, 2023). The Atlantic, the Financial Times, and the New Republic named it one of the...
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SRI’s PARC Forum brings together some of the world’s most interesting people for conversations at the intersection of business, technology, and society. We explore how research and technology can make our world safer, healthier, and more sustainable.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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